Everything Scatter (Vinyl LP) Latin & World

Everything Scatter (Vinyl LP) Latin & WorldAnother great mid 70s session from Fela, delivering two extended workouts for the dancefloor. The ten minute title track posits Kuti and his followers versus the status quo, featuring fantastic instrumental interplay between electric keyboards, horns, and percussion and a vocal declaiming injustice and African identity, with energetic contributions from backup singers. Theo Parrish fans might recognise the B side "Who No Know Go Know" from its use

The album features new full band arrangements of original '80s Thomas classics 'Gyae Su'

There followed a three year break from music until fate struck: Atakora found a job in 1973 as Recording Studio Attendant - and later recording engineer - at Ambassador Recording Studios in Kumasi

bassist Bruce Palmer released this 1970 solo album for Verve Forecast

In Mali and Guinea

Carolina Tikis and The Raiders keep the revs up with a brace of instrumentals - funky garage rock and a garage/RnB hybrid respectively - which are slipstreamed by some uplifting bubblegum guitar fuzz from The Cynch

On You Never Come Closer

He formed the band in the mid-1960s with drummer Nick Mason

Hailed as Africa’s answer to Stevie Wonder

Donc Je Suis

Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd in April 1968

Jacqui McShee

Did You Steal My Money